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Or 13027

Record Id:
032-003374528
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003374528
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Reference (shelfmark):
Or 13027
Title:
Pentateuch
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project
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032-003374528
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
54 membranes, 264 columns.
Digitised Content:
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_13027 (digital images currently unavailable)
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Languages:
Hebrew
Scripts:
Hebrew
Start Date:
1750
End Date:
1899
Date Range:
1750-1899
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Legal Status:
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TEI:

Hebrew Manuscripts Digitisation Project

Or 13027

Pentateuch

Contents

The Pentateuch scroll.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-5r
Title: Sefer Torah
Title: ספר תורה

The second דרש of Lev. 10:16 is written at the beginning of the line.

Physical Description

Parchment scroll of the 18th to 19th century.
Form: scroll
Material: parchment
Support:
Extent: 54 membranes, 264 columns.
Dimensions (leaf): 317 (590mm with the rollers) × 30160 mm.

Collation

54 membranes, wooden rollers with ivory handles. Silk mantle.

Condition

Occasional darker edges.

Silk mantle restored.

Layout

Columns:264

Ruled lines: 42

Written lines: 42

Uniform layout.

Ruling by hard point.

Visible pricking and stitching.

264 columns in total, three to six columns per membrane.

Three tagin on שעטנזגץ, and one on אבדהיח.

The letter ח arched throughout.

Several instances of majuscular and minuscular letters.

Special shapes of the letter ו, נ, פ, ע, ח, ז, י, ל, ס, ר occur. The inverted נ before and after Num. 10:35-36.

The "puncta extraordinaria" placed on the words fixed by masorah.

Wooden rollers with ivory handles (590mm high).

Hand(s)

Square script of the 18th to 19th century.

Binding

BM in-house. Boxed.

History

Origin: 1750-1899 2nd half of the 18th century - 19th century Unknown

Provenance and Acquisition

Record Sources

Details from Acquisition ledgers held in A&AS reading room

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Surrogates

http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Or_13027 (digital images currently unavailable)

Funding of Cataloguing

BL